Rakshasa92 said:The problem I have with female minotaurs is that cow-people are just comical and funny, they remind me of Warcraft/World of Warcraft, and that is bad.

Minotaurs should breed with any other humanoid female by rape probably. Or just be created by insane wizards if rape is too much for a game. (I'm fine with rape btw, in a game world were violence and killing is normal, not in the real world OF COURSE, like DUH)

There are more options for cool minotaurs sub-classes as well, Mythology is being very free-giving with minotaurs. Really everything is better than Warcraft Minotaurs! Maybe you could have some of these minotaurs species as different dungeon units.

The question there is how do all these 'subspecies' (which aren't separate subspecies, just similar creatures from other cultures) originate?

Rakshasa92 said:The problem I have with female minotaurs is that cow-people are just comical and funny, they remind me of Warcraft/World of Warcraft, and that is bad.

Minotaurs should breed with any other humanoid female by rape probably. Or just be created by insane wizards if rape is too much for a game. (I'm fine with rape btw, in a game world were violence and killing is normal, not in the real world OF COURSE, like DUH)

There are more options for cool minotaurs sub-classes as well, Mythology is being very free-giving with minotaurs. Really everything is better than Warcraft Minotaurs! Maybe you could have some of these minotaurs species as different dungeon units.

The question there is how do all these 'subspecies' (which aren't separate subspecies, just similar creatures from other cultures) originate?

I really don't care, as long as the reasons/ideas aren't taken from Warhammer and Warcraft I'm fine.

I have nothing against creative things, just don't take them from Warcraft and Warhammer like 100.000 projects, people and games do these days. Like they are SOOO creative lol.

Don't turn them into intelligent wussies and don't give them cow-people, then i'm fine really.

They don't have to be 100% the same as the myth of course, but less than 1% like in warcraft for sure.

You don't have to draw female minotaurs as funny cow people with black spots. Make them a race where males and females are barely distinguishable visually and that has no gender differentiation (i.e. both males and females can be warriors, mages, etc.).
There was a female minotaur hero in HoMM 4 and she didn't look funny or ridiculous.
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Zum-Graat said:I really doubt you can become high-ranked warlock without having high intelligence. Magic is not that easy to learn, I imagine.

Fear and power is sometimes more important to get a following than intelligence, though. Look at the American President for example. ;-)

And I know that storm-something minotaur has lots of fans, but I never was a huge fan of magic-casting minotaur heroes at all. Just calling some words to call down lightning isn't really special though :-p I would have liked it more if Minotaurs just became warlords, barbarians, berserkers and such battle-worty leaders. Leave the magic to Medusa or Evil Eyes.

Rakshasa92 said:I really don't care, as long as the reasons/ideas aren't taken from Warhammer and Warcraft I'm fine.

That isn't helpful. See, we really need a back-story for these guys, and while minotaurs work in a 'the wizards made them' kind of way, unless you can explain that some wizard had a cow fetish I can't see more than one kind of minotaur-like creature coming out of it, and certain not four.

If H8's main story isn't set after Dark Messiah, I'm going to break something. I wouldn't mind some side scenarios or campaigns taking place somewhere in the past. But we didn't have anything that's not set in the past since 2007. Some of it may have been entertaining but we've been stuck there for far too long.

Eh, people, rakshasa usually has his opinion set on these matters. There's no point arguing about what you think he could be wrong about, because it'll not change the point he's trying to impress upon. ^_^ He doesn't like Warhammer and Warcraft stuff, won't approve of some portrait of female minotaur if they fall in that group, specially picturesque ones, nor approves too intelligent or magic-oriented minotaur, regardless what's been done in Heroes history.

Why not try to get back to tracks, dark elves and that thing without a face, before the thread has to be renamed? ^_^'
____________Heroes-based proposal thread – On hold, while I'm writing my book. =)

Rakshasa92 said:I really don't care, as long as the reasons/ideas aren't taken from Warhammer and Warcraft I'm fine.

That isn't helpful. See, we really need a back-story for these guys, and while minotaurs work in a 'the wizards made them' kind of way, unless you can explain that some wizard had a cow fetish I can't see more than one kind of minotaur-like creature coming out of it, and certain not four.

Not everything needs a very huge backstory though, some things may go unexplained to create a little bit of room for people to make their own theory and story.

In that way Heroes won't work at all, why would Thunderbirds (sometimes even 100 at a time) sit together on a little spot on the battlefield waiting to attack another enemy creature? Why would such a royal creature fight for orcs?

I don't mind not everything's explained. And I don't mind not every creature has females and males, but more a magical creation.

Sligneris said:If H8's main story isn't set after Dark Messiah, I'm going to break something. I wouldn't mind some side scenarios or campaigns taking place somewhere in the past. But we didn't have anything that's not set in the past since 2007. Some of it may have been entertaining but we've been stuck there for far too long.

do not worry H8 will be far in the dystopian future (2030 or later) and will not be made by Ubisoft so it will definitely be post-Dark Messiah (rather post-Ashan lol) lol
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Rakshasa92 said:Not everything needs a very huge backstory though, some things may go unexplained to create a little bit of room for people to make their own theory and story.

We don't need an explanantion for pikemen and the like, because we can easily guess at how they came about, but a whole species (like minotaurs), yeah, that does sort of need a good explanation.

Quote:In that way Heroes won't work at all, why would Thunderbirds (sometimes even 100 at a time) sit together on a little spot on the battlefield waiting to attack another enemy creature? Why would such a royal creature fight for orcs?

Oh hey, how does a horse get to be hundreds of feet tall?

Quote:I don't mind not everything's explained. And I don't mind not every creature has females and males, but more a magical creation.

And most people don't mind if bits and pieces here and there get nicked from other games or other forms of media rather than pulling from actual mythology.

MattII said:We don't need an explanantion for pikemen and the like, because we can easily guess at how they came about, but a whole species (like minotaurs), yeah, that does sort of need a good explanation.

oh does it, well what is the good explanation for the Giraffe's long Neck or how the Leopard got his Spots, lol your explanation is that it evolved from a bull over time there you go what more do you want lol

that is the problem with Erwin's retarded explanations like the Griffin is a Lion and an Eagle who fell into a vent of Dragon Piss or whatnot, as if his magical fantasy world with magic and created by dragons and **** is merely a mundane replica of Earth where Lions and Eagles happened to evolve naturally but Griffins did not, come on do not be so dumb it does not need to be explained and justified as a weird fusion creature it can have just evolved in your world lol
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And yes, I do not mind if they take ideas or creatures from D&D or LOTR, those are at least awesome creatures and ideas, and they didn't really suck things up like Blizzard did, they turned each myth/folklore/cryptid creature they used into a wussy, pussy or ugly/boring thing.

Normally in fantasy worlds, the reason hybrids evolve naturally too is magic. Ashan just named that "magic" as "dragon blood"

Anyway, continuing on my idea, Sylvan and Dark Elves should come together in a Fae-like faction. The post-DM dungeon should be the Void faction. Sareth should free the demons so there are demon-controlled territories on Ashan itself so we don't need MORE eclipse plots.